Typophile - Looking for Slab Sans(?) Font - help - Comments

How about Bullet?

crossgrove — Thu, 1 May 2008 17:05:49 -0700

How about Bullet?

FF Trademarker?

Stephen Coles — Thu, 1 May 2008 10:17:19 -0700

FF Trademarker?

Ooh. Purista Bold Italic is

Brian Koppi — Thu, 1 May 2008 09:18:12 -0700

Ooh. Purista Bold Italic is close (I’ll have to overlook your snarkiness for that suggestion!).

My only concern with Purista is that the lower case “a” is single-storey (see, I’ll get the terminology correct eventually). I know it may seem like I’m obsessing, but the logo will be applied to roadside signage. Since the name includes the letters “oa” I need a lot of contrast between those shapes.

I figure if there is any community wherein an obsession over finding the right typeface will be tolerated, it must be this one!

If by Eurostyle, you mean

Stephen Coles — Thu, 1 May 2008 08:22:05 -0700

If by Eurostyle, you mean Eurostile (snark!) how about Purista Bold Italic or Magion Italic? Maybe not wide enough.

“I don’t know, but from

Brian Koppi — Thu, 1 May 2008 06:16:41 -0700

“I don’t know, but from the examples, it seems the original poster means a relatively square and monoline sans serif.”

Yes, you interpret my poor technical syntax well! Thank you for finding the appropriate declarations.

I am looking for a relatively square and monoline sans serif. “Armchair Modern” is a good suggestion (thank you!), as it seems to be a stylized take on Eurostyle. “Armchair Modern D Guage” is about the right weight... if only it were available in oblique.

Perhaps I can be more specific by saying that I am looking for a font that is a more stylized/squared version of “Eurostyle Black Oblique.”

Thank you for your help and suggestions.

I don’t know, but from the

Thomas Phinney — Thu, 1 May 2008 03:39:13 -0700

I don’t know, but from the examples, it seems the original poster means a relatively square and monoline sans serif.

Of course, we type geeks use the word “slab” exclusively to mean a style of serif, so “slab sans” seems like a bit of an oxymoron.

Cheers,

What is a slab sans?

terminaldesign — Wed, 30 Apr 2008 19:25:29 -0700

What is a slab sans?

Armchair Modern?

Stephen Coles — Wed, 30 Apr 2008 19:07:26 -0700

Armchair Modern?

Looking for Slab Sans(?) Font - help

Brian Koppi — Wed, 30 Apr 2008 16:54:43 -0700

I have a logo project and I can’t seem to find a font to fit my concept.

I’m looking for a font with the properties:
- very legible
- heavy width
- square/rectangular shaped letters
- both square and rounded corners
- available in oblique/italic

A few fonts that come close are:
- http://www.t26.com/fonts/Megahertz (too wide)
- http://www.t26.com/fonts/YR72 (not legible enough)
- http://www.t26.com/fonts/Reaction (very close!)

The character I’m looking for is modern, sports channel, skateboarding, etc.

If anyone has any thoughts or tips I’d very much appreciate your suggestions!